Spiral shaped bacteriae

[janvangastel]

The spiral shaped bacteriae in this video are ~1 micron in diameter or even less. I measured them to be ~0.75 microns, but it's easy to make a measurement error of a few tenth of a micron. Inside the bacteriae, volutin grains are sometimes clearly visible as black spots. I don't know the name of these bacteriae. I found one video showing look alikes, but the maker of that video didn't know a name either.

[DonSchaeffer]

Interesting and complicated image--well shot.

[mazo4033]

A very nice video! All of your videos are always very interesting and well-captured. I only know of two spiral shaped bacteria, Spirochete spp. and Spirillum spp. So the bacteria you found are probably one of the two - the difference is in the cell wall, motility mechanisms, and I think size, although I'm not sure which one the bacteria you found are. Maybe Spirochete spp.? As for the actual species, that would probably only be determinable with genetic sequencing.

[KD Arvidsson]

Very beautiful and sharp clip//KD

[micro]

A very nice video! All of your videos are always very interesting and well-captured. I only know of two spiral shaped bacteria, Spirochete spp. and Spirillum spp. So the bacteria you found are probably one of the two - the difference is in the cell wall, motility mechanisms, and I think size, although I'm not sure which one the bacteria you found are. Maybe Spirochete spp.? As for the actual species, that would probably only be determinable with genetic sequencing.

I was trying to look up the species. They are definitely spirochete's but I don't know the exact species. Spiral bacteria come in shapes of vibrio, spirillum, and spirochete. I tried my damnedest to google the species but I can't find much. You would think someone with a list of species would be front and center of google search results with a link to their paid book or whatever but nah.

[janvangastel]

Thanks for the comments. And micro, thanks for the effort to find the species name.